Bates and Smith spent time together at his home in Tampa, Florida, for most of the episode to celebrate him graduating from college with their families.

Tori is part of the Bates family of Rocky Top, which is made up of Gil and Kelly Jo Bates, their 19 children and six grandchildren.

She talked about her and Smith's pending engagement during the episode.

"We met in October (2015). We started courting the next October (2016), so now we're going to get engaged the next October (2017), which would be this October," said Bates.

"Or November just to keep her hanging on for an extra month," added Smith, laughing.

During the episode, other Bates siblings made guesses on when Smith would propose.

"I think Bobby's going to ask the question a lot sooner than everyone expects because he says he's going to wait until (Tori) is out of college, which is not going to happen," said Jackson Bates.

"I'm thinking September," said Lawson Bates.

Tori gave Smith a Bible for his graduation gift resulting in a thoughtful moment between the couple.

"As soon as I got the Bible from her, I started picturing being up here in Tennessee and being able to look out at the mountains and everything and read my Bible in the morning, and it would be the one that she got me. It was just very fitting to the rest of our life and the direction we're going," said Smith.

While in Tampa, Josie Bates' bond with Kelton Balka grew. Smith and Balka are best friends.

"Kelton is a guy that I'm kind of talking to and getting to know, and he's pretty great," she said in a confessional on the show.

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"So Kelton actually lives in our neck of the woods," said Kelly Jo Bates. "And we knew Kelton before Bobby and actually Kelton introduced Bobby to our family so he kind of gets all the credit for Bobby and Tori being together."

Josie Bates and Kelton Balka stand together in a "Bringing Up Bates" episode.(Photo: Courtesy of Up Network)

The episode also gave a glimpse into Alyssa Bates Webster and her husband John's hectic life in Florida as they balance raising two kids and working different hours.

"With two kids, especially young kids, there is definitely no rule book. You never know what's going to happen and you just go with whatever comes," said Bates Webster.